The Tshivenḓa-English Ṱahalusamaipfi/Dictionary as a Product of South African Lexicographic Processes [PDF]
<p>ABSTRACT: The publication of a dictionary is regarded as the result of a lexicographic process. Three subtypes of a lexicographic process have been noted, namely the primary comprehensive, the secondary comprehensive and the dictionary specific ...
Mbulungeni Madiba, Dion Nkomo
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Theory and Practice of Lexicographic Definition
The paper offers a rigorous characterization of the notion of lexicographic definition: a minimal paraphrase formulated in the same language as the word defined and satisfying six lexicographic principles, which are formulated and discussed. The major types of semantic components in a lexicographic definition are identified and described: firstly ...
Mel’čuk, Igor, Polguère, Alain
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Guidance or Misdirection? Unpacking the Role of Feedback in Health Preference Assessments [PDF]
ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of providing feedback to respondents on a dominance‐structured choice task on subsequent choice behavior in a discrete choice experiment (DCE). The DCE was conducted among 626 patients with heart failure. Respondents were given a dominance‐structured choice task in which two devices (Device A and Device B ...
Mesfin G. Genie +2 more
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The model of digitising archival lexicographic publications for the web
The paper presents a model designed to digitise old lexicographic publications from The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography for online publication (e-bastina.lzmk.hr).
Cvijeta Kraus +2 more
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Inclusion, Contrast and Polysemy in Dictionaries: The Relationship between Theory, Language Use and Lexicographic Practice [PDF]
This paper explores the lexicographic representation of a type of polysemy that arises when the meaning of one lexical item can either include or contrast with the meaning of another, as in the case of dog/bitch, shoe/boot, finger/thumb and animal/bird.
Koskela, Anu, Anu Koskela
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The semantic variants of verbs in a semantic-syntactic description and lexicographic practice (on the basis of Bulgarian language) The problem of establishing the criteria separating homonymic lexical units and their semantic variants is crucial in ...
Małgorzata Korytkowska
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Not mere lexicographic cosmetics: the compilation and structural features of Isichazamazwi SezoMculo [PDF]
This article offers a brief overview of the compilation of the Ndebele music terms dictionary, Isichazamazwi SezoMculo (henceforth the ISM), paying particular attention to its struc-tural features.
Nkomo, Dion +5 more
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'n Leksikografiese datatrekkingstruktuur vir aanlyn woordeboeke
A Lexicographic Data Pulling Structure for Online Dictionaries. In the field of lexicography the transition from printed to online dictionaries has had a significant influence on numerous aspects of both lexicographic theory and the lexicographic ...
Rufus H. Gouws
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Developing The Presentation of Word Formation in General Monolingual Dictionaries
Word formation in the dictionary belongs, at the latest since the contribution of Mugdan (1984), to the topics frequently discussed by lexicographers. Unfortunately the results have not always been satisfactory.
Henning Bergenholtz, Rufus H. Gouws
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The Utilisation of Outer Texts in the Practical Lexicography of African Languages [PDF]
<p>ABSTRACT: In this article, an analysis of the utilisation of outer texts in recently compiled dictionaries of African languages is presented.
Dion Nkomo +5 more
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